CVE-2006-6054

Published Nov 22, 2006

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description
The ext2 file system code in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an ext2 stream with malformed data structures that triggers an error in the ext2_check_page due to a length that is smaller than the minimum.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
1.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-Other

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Vendor comments

  • Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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